Sunday, December 15, 2013

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The Nokia Ruling: Pragmatic and fair - Economic Times

Posted: 15 Dec 2013 01:36 PM PST


Economic Times

The Nokia Ruling: Pragmatic and fair
Economic Times
The Delhi High Court's directive to the income-tax department to lift the freeze on Nokia's Chennai factory paves the way for the Finnish mobile handset proceed with the plant's planned sale to Microsoft. The order is sensible and pragmatic. It protects the ...

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Budget airline IndiGo launches 10 new flights - eTurboNews

Posted: 15 Dec 2013 01:24 PM PST


Budget airline IndiGo launches 10 new flights
eTurboNews
NEW DELHI, India - Budget carrier IndiGo airlines launched 10 new flights on its domestic network on Sunday. India's largest carrier will operate its fifth daily non-stop flight between Chennai and Hyderabad, fourth daily non-stop flight between Chennai and ...

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Fliers from Kolkata, Chennai airports to pay high user fees - Indian Express

Posted: 15 Dec 2013 12:33 PM PST


Indian Express

Fliers from Kolkata, Chennai airports to pay high user fees
Indian Express
Even as the government auditor has cribbed at the high cost of constructing Delhi and Mumbai airports, it has approved a far higher set of costs for the government-run Kolkata and Chennai airports, but which will have to be borne by the passengers. Worse ...

Feroze the Winner in Race Against Death - The New Indian Express

Posted: 15 Dec 2013 12:00 PM PST


Feroze the Winner in Race Against Death
The New Indian Express
Every time Feroze Khan gets behind the wheel of a racing car, he is cheating death! Accidents are almost unavoidable when it comes to racing and Feroze can't afford them. The Chennai racer was born with Haemophilia − a condition that impairs the body's ...

Southern jolt for Congress - Free Press Journal

Posted: 15 Dec 2013 11:49 AM PST


Southern jolt for Congress
Free Press Journal
Chennai : The Congress and BJP are unlikely to find a strong Dravidian ally for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls in Tamil Nadu with the DMK on Sunday deciding not to strike an electoral alliance with either of the national parties. At the end of the DMK's general ...

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Campus Talk - The New Indian Express

Posted: 15 Dec 2013 10:32 AM PST


The New Indian Express

Campus Talk
The New Indian Express
SA Engineering College, Chennai, conducted a two-day state level science exhibition titled Science Expo'13 at the college campus. T Sasilatha, vice-principal, welcomed the gathering. P Venkatesh Raja, director, delivered the keynote address.

A Bike Lover Since the Age of Five - The New Indian Express

Posted: 15 Dec 2013 10:32 AM PST


A Bike Lover Since the Age of Five
The New Indian Express
For Prabhu S, a final-year animation and graphic design student at Arena Multimedia, Chennai, his passion with bikes started at the age of five. "When I evolved off cycles and started riding pocket rockets (kids motorbikes), I became obsessed with speed and ...

Multi-tasker Srimathi Sridharan Loves Doing New Things - The New Indian Express

Posted: 15 Dec 2013 10:32 AM PST


Multi-tasker Srimathi Sridharan Loves Doing New Things
The New Indian Express
After completing her bachelor's in electronic media, she is now pursuing her master's in communication at MOP Vaishnav College for Women, Chennai. She is also pursuing a diploma course in animation at IMAGE. "I am purely a career-oriented person who ...

Prioritise And Say No, Says Mrinalini on Juggling Tasks - The New Indian Express

Posted: 15 Dec 2013 10:32 AM PST


Prioritise And Say No, Says Mrinalini on Juggling Tasks
The New Indian Express
That way, anything is possible," says this second-year MA communication student of MOP Vaishnav College for Women, Chennai. She volunteers at Make A Difference (MAD). Mrinalini is an event intern in the Friends of Mad vertical. She explains, "We have ...

DMK not to go with Congress or BJP in 2014 polls - TwoCircles.net

Posted: 15 Dec 2013 10:18 AM PST


DMK not to go with Congress or BJP in 2014 polls
TwoCircles.net
Chennai/New Delhi : The DMK will not align with either long-time UPA partner Congress or the BJP for the 2014 general elections, party chief M. Karunanidhi declared Sunday. He made the announcement at the DMK's general council meeting held in ...

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Move UN for probe into war crimes in Sri Lanka: DMK to Centre

Posted: 15 Dec 2013 02:34 PM PST

The general council of the party demanded India play an active role for a referendum among Tamils in the northern and eastern provinces in line with people's desire for a political solution.        

Mercy plea procedures not thorough, CJI Sathasivam says

Posted: 15 Dec 2013 02:33 PM PST

Death row convicts have constitutional remedy in the form of mercy petition but till recently neither the Centre nor the state was thorough with the procedures while disposing such appeals said Chief Justice of India, P Sathasivam.        

Wake up to new types of cases, says CJI

Posted: 15 Dec 2013 02:22 PM PST

Says list includes mercy pleas of death row convicts, Majithia wage board and "other frivolous litigations"

Natya Kala Mandir dancers to perform in Chennai

Posted: 15 Dec 2013 01:36 PM PST

The Natya Kala Mandir was founded in the year 1976 by Kalasuri Smt Vasugy Jegatheeswaran and has been producing many talented and professional dancers for a span of 37 years.

DMK not to go with Cong or BJP in 2014 polls

Posted: 15 Dec 2013 01:25 PM PST

Chennai/New Delhi: The DMK will not align with either long-time UPA partner Congress or the BJP for the 2014 general elections, party chief M. Karunanidhi declared Sunday. He made the announcement at the DMK's general council meeting held in Chennai, a party leader told IANS. The Congress did not comment on the statement by Karunanidhi, whose DMK was a member of the party-led United Progressive ...

DMK-Cong divorce had to happen

Posted: 15 Dec 2013 01:08 PM PST

With the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) president M. Karunanidhi's announcement that his party would not align with either of the principal national parties – the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata...

Anti-Congress mood pervades in DMK's general council meet

Posted: 15 Dec 2013 12:52 PM PST

The mood at the DMK's general council meeting was overwhelmingly against going with the Congress in the Lok Sabha polls. Even those who did not want an alliance with the BJP vehemently attacked th...

DMK: Move UNHRC for probe into killings of Sri Lanka Tamils

Posted: 15 Dec 2013 12:36 PM PST

Centre should take steps to provide full political powers to Tamils

DMK not to ally with Congress for Lok Sabha polls

Posted: 15 Dec 2013 11:22 AM PST

"The party had enough. It would not align with the Congress in the future"

More Calcutta News

Posted: 15 Dec 2013 10:56 AM PST

Raising the pitch for removal of former apex court judge A.K. Ganguly, accused of sexually harassing a law intern, as West Bengal human rights panel chief, Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaising Sunday rubbished allegation of over-zealousness in the issue.